Free HR tools for South African employers

The numbers HR has to get right, calculated for you

Severance packages, leave payouts, UIF contributions: the calculations where a wrong answer becomes a CCMA claim. Every tool here is built on the section of the Act it implements, shows its working, and is free with no sign-up.

Pick the question you're answering

"What do I legally owe this employee?"

Retrenchment Package Calculator

The full BCEA minimum: severance (one week per completed year on full remuneration), notice pay, and the leave payout. Handles allowances and the 13-week average for commission earners, and shows the SARS tax split.

  • BCEA Sections 41, 37 & 21
  • Commission & overtime earners
  • Tax directive guidance
Calculate the package

"She resigned. What are her leave days worth?"

Leave Payout Calculator

The Section 21 payout at the correct daily rate, with an accrual cross-check so the balance you pay on is defensible. Works for 5 and 6-day weeks, half days included.

  • BCEA Section 21 daily rate
  • Accrual check: 1.25 days/month
  • PAYE treatment explained
Calculate the payout

"What must we pay the UIF each month?"

UIF Contribution Calculator

The monthly 1% employee plus 1% employer contribution, with the R17,712 ceiling applied. Lives inside the UI-19 employer guide, next to the termination codes and deadlines you need at the same moment.

  • UIC Act 1% + 1%
  • Ceiling applied automatically
  • Inside the full UI-19 guide
Calculate UIF

Need the document, not the number?

Free templates, built on SA labour law

Browse all templates and guides

Leave Application Form

Every BCEA leave type, with a balance check

Leave Tracker & Register

Excel + Sheets, formulas included

Employment Contract

BCEA s29 particulars, post-Van Wyk clauses

Written Warning

Aligned to the 2025 Dismissal Code

R15k to R50k

a typical CCMA award for a miscalculated payout

on top of the corrected amount, per employee

13 weeks

of pay history the law expects you to average

for every commission and overtime earner

30 days

for an ex-employee to refer the dispute

your paperwork is the whole defence

These calculators save the afternoon. Synthro is what saves the year: the leave balances, salary history and paper trail these numbers stand on, kept right automatically, opened daily by your team, from R49.99 per user per month.

See your own HR running in Synthro

Book a 30-minute demo and bring a real scenario: a resignation, a retrenchment, a leave dispute. You will watch the answer come off the employee record instead of a spreadsheet.